Africa
Ministers warned about Rwanda's human rights, court told
Campaigners are challenging the Home Office's plan to send some cross-Channel migrants to Rwanda.
BBC
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Courts
Breaking:High Court orders Achimota School to admit Rasta student, Tyrone Marhguy
An Accra High Court has ordered Achimota School to admit two Rastafarian students it denied admission over their refusal to cut their dreadlocks.
DL News
General
Aspects of anti-LGBTQ+ Bill may violate some fundamental human rights – Attorney-General
The anti-LGBTQ+ Bill, known rightly as the “Promotion of Proper Human Sexual Rights and Ghanaian Family Values Bill 2021”, seeks to criminalize LGBTQI+ activities and advocacy.
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Crime
CHRAJ pushes for quick resolution of stalled anti-witchcraft bill
He explains that this urgency is due to the hardships faced by women labelled as witches, who cannot endure the associated assault and stigma.
citinewsroom
General
Homosexuality is a mental disorder, not biological – Prof Akwasi Osei
Prof Afua Hesse, a member of the Coalition, said the Bill provided for the medical care of children and multidisciplinary team for the disorders of sexual development.
General
Draft anti-LGBT Bill to be laid before Parliament [PDF]
The bill, properly titled the “Promotion of Proper Human Sexual Rights and Ghanaian Family Values Bill, 2021” intends to “provide for proper human sexual rights and Ghanaian family values
DL News
Election Petition
Reliefs challenging Amewu’s election are wrong – Supreme Court to Tsatsu
The Supreme Court of Ghana has quashed the interim restraining orders placed on the Member of Parliament- Elect for Hohoe.
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Crime
Pass Community Sentencing bill to ease prison crisis-ACHPR urges Ghana
The Commission’s remarks followed a promotion mission to Ghana from September 29 to October 2, 2025. Among its key findings was severe overcrowding in prisons, with Nsawam Medium Security Prison housing 3,496 inmates—more than three times i...
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General
Commute death sentence of 184 convicts to life imprisonment- Amnesty Int'l to Gov't
Although Ghana has not executed anyone since 1993, she stressed the need for the government to commute existing death sentences to life imprisonment.
DL News
General
2021 Corruption Perception Index: Ghana ranked 73
This CPI score indicates that Ghana failed to make progress in the fight against corruption in the year 2021 as the score of 43 is the same as the country’s 2020 score.
DL News
General
We Demand Justice For Lilian Dedjoe – FIDA Cries
The International Federation of Women Lawyers (FIDA) is demanding justice for the late Lilian Dedjoe, who was allegedly battered to death by her husband Charles Dedjoe.
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Europe
Hungary’s president resigns over a pardon to a man convicted in a child sexual abuse case
Her decision came after more than a week of public outrage after it was revealed that she issued a presidential pardon in April 2023 to a man convicted of hiding a string of child sexual abuses in a state-run children’s home.
AP News
Tech
European Union reaches agreement on landmark legislation to regulate AI
The agreement to support the “AI Act” on Friday came after nearly 38 hours of negotiations between lawmakers and policymakers.
Aljazeera
US
Global tax deal seeks to end havens, criticized for ‘no teeth’
French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire said Paris would use its European Union presidency during the first half of 2022 to translate the agreement into law across the 27-nation bloc.
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Europe
UK Supreme Court rejects Rishi Sunak’s plan to deport asylum seekers to Rwanda
Judges uphold appeal court ruling over risk to deported refugees and deals blow to PM’s ‘stop the boats’ strategy
The Guardian
Africa
South Africa: Police Minister ordered to pay $24,000 after unlawful arrest and detention
A Limpopo-based conservationist, who was arrested by 16 police officers on trumped-up charges and locked up in filthy cells for three days, has been awarded $24,000 (R400,000) in damages for unlawful arrest and detention.
AllAfrica
Business
Execution of shares in Ghana: A Practitioner’s Guide
. The constitution must also specifically prohibit the separation of the legal and equitable interests in shares and by so doing out rightly prohibit the acquisition of any interest once there is a total disregard and non-compliance with th...
DL News
General
Anti-LGBTQI bill to be reintroduced in parliament
Addressing lawmakers as Parliament reconvened from its Easter recess on Saturday, March 29, 2025, Mr. Bagbin confirmed that the bill—along with two others, namely the Property Rights of Spouses Bill, 2025, and the Constitution Amendment Bil...
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Africa
Gunmen attack, kill Mozambique opposition lawyer
Elvino Dias, the lawyer for Venâncio Mondlane, who recently ran for president with the Podemos party, was killed in the attack, along with fellow party member Paulo Guambe.
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Courts
Africa World Airline to pay GHC20, 000 for discriminating against a physically challenged lady
"That to my dismay, however, I was prevented from boarding the flight by officials/employees/agents of the Respondent on grounds of my physical disability," the appellant averred
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